BACKGROUND Tuberculous meningitis, a serious form of tuberculosis that affects the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord, is associated with high mortality and disability among survivors. Corticosteroids have been used as an adjunct to antituberculous drugs to improve the outcome, but their role is controversial. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of corticosteroids as an adjunct to ant...

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Panagrellus spp. (Cephalobina: Panagrolaimidae): taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationships S. Patricia STOCK 1,∗ and Steven A. NADLER 2 1 Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Forbes 410, 1140 E, South Campus Drive, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036, USA 2 Department of Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, C...

The effect of sintering condition on structure, microstructure, and ferroelectric properties ([Formula: see text][Formula: text] text]- O 3 (KNL–NTS) has been investigated. Ceramic powders have synthesized by the solid-state reaction method sintered at different temperatures (1115[Formula: text]C, 1125[Formula: 1140[Formula: text]C). Then, samples were characterized thermogravimetric analysis, ...

J.G. Kushmerick a, M.G. Hankins b, M.P. de Boer c, P.J. Clews b, R.W. Carpick a,∗ and B.C. Bunker a a Biomolecular Materials and Interfaces 1140, MS 1413, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA b MDL Operations 1746, MS 1084, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA c Intelligent Micromachining 1749, MS 1080, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185,...

Streptococcus mutans JH1000 and its derivatives were previously shown (J. D. Hillman, K. P. Johnson, and B. I. Yaphe, Infect. Immun. 44:141-144, 1984) to produce a low-molecular-weight, broad-spectrum bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance (BLIS). The thermosensitive vector pTV1-OK harboring Tn917 was used to isolate a BLIS-deficient mutant, DM25, and the mutated gene was recovered by shotgun cl...

Este trabalho analisou as propriedades físicas e mecânicas de peças sinterizadas rejeito do granito Corumbá, oriundo da indústria rochas ornamentais, produzidas em diferentes cargas compactação patamares sinterização. Os resíduos foram caracterizados por difração raios X fluorescência X. corpos prova compactados a 20, 40, 60 80 kN sinterizados nas temperaturas 1130, 1140, 1150 1200...

Name of Contractor: Silvus Communication Systems Inc. (formerly Pulsar Communication Systems) Project Scientist: Dr. Babak Daneshrad Business Address: 11845 W.Olympic Blvd. #1140 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone Number: (310) 738-1787 Effective Date: May 17, 2004 Short Title of Work: Universal MIMOOFDM SDR for Mobile Autonomous Networks Contract Expiration Date: April 30th, 2005 Reporting Period: 01...

INTRODUCTION ................................................. 1117 I. THE LAW OF TRADE-DRESS PROTECTION .................. 1121 A. Purposes of Trade-Dress Law ....................... 1121 1. Protection of Firms from Misassociation ............. 1124 2. Prevention of Goodwill Misappropriation ............ 1125 3. Facilitation of Meaningful Consumer Participation in the M arket ....................